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eri aikawa FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TUMBLR | DA Aikawa Eri was born on September 6, 1993 in Yokohama Japan, a twenty year old JapaneseFilipino Fine Art student based in the Philippines who specializes in traditional media such as oils, watercolours, acrylics, coloured pencils, digital and many more. She is currently studying Fine Arts in La Consolacion College Bacolod; on her senior year majoring in painting. She started joining competitions when she was six years old, her passion for Art grew, and from then on she knew what she wanted to become in the future. She started painting in the middle of college and mostly focuses on fetishes. Her works is both innocent and erotic. Each subject emits an attractive yet disturbing feel. She’s more on figurative paintings on emotional state that is surrounded with the halo of sublime and melancholia. Her works are predominantly influenced by the East Asian culture and the West which creates chemistry in both cultures making it distinctive and elegant. right: Bullseye oils on wood 15 HUBIN MAGAZINE